Royal West Norfolk Golf Club impressed by Jacobsen hybrid greens mower
Following the disastrous flood last December which devastated his machinery storage facility, Gavin Playford, head greenkeeper at Royal West Norfolk Golf Club, has taken delivery of a Jacobsen Eclipse 322 diesel-electric greens mower as part of his replacement package.

"The response from the industry in the area was fantastic," said Gavin Playford, "everyone rallied around for us and the three major manufacturers, through their local dealers, were very supportive. With their support of loan equipment we were up and running very quickly after such a catastrophic event.
"The insurance company were also very professional and when I told them we had over five feet of water in the maintenance shed, they sent a surveyor out quickly and approved a list of replacement machinery at the double.
"We had the hybrid Jacobsen Eclipse in our planned replacement schedule as I'd had it on a three-day demo about 18 months ago, but with the approval of the insurers we were able to get it as part of the replacement package.

Gavin joined the club straight from school back in 1986 and 28 years later is responsible for a team of five full time greenkeepers including a greenkeeper/mechanic. He runs a mixed fleet of turf maintenance machinery preferring to purchase the equipment that does the job for him on his course.
